"nonage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnəʊnɪd͡ʒ/ [UK], /ˈnoʊnəd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Forms: nonages [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊnɪdʒ Etymology: From Anglo-Norman nounage, corresponding to non- + age. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|nounage}} Anglo-Norman nounage, {{prefix|en|non|age}} non- + age Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonage (plural nonages)
  1. The state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor.
    Sense id: en-nonage-en-noun-DTrdlHeX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non-, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: nonages [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin nonagium, from nōnus (“ninth”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|nonagium}} Late Latin nonagium Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonage (plural nonages)
  1. (obsolete, rare) A payment formerly made to the parish clergy upon the death of a parishioner, consisting of a ninth of the movable goods. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-nonage-en-noun-65NTj8ka
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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